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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Thomahawk, post: 9488529, member: 81310&quot;][ATTACH=full]445523[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]445524[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]445525[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]445526[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]445527[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]445528[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]445529[/ATTACH] Hello like minded folks, bear with me on this one!</p><p>I discovered this item in a box of antiquities that was bought at a self storage unit sale in the 1980&#039;s by some friends of mine. They were about to burn the box as rubbish!!! After a quick look through it I saw CDV albums, WW1 items, bibles etc. I offered them 20 bucks at the time and they were happy to take it. Thank goodness I saved it as the box has given me many years of enjoyment researching it&#039;s contents.</p><p>This little mystery has had me baffled for 40 plus years with zero results on exactly what it is!</p><p>The wooden cylinder itself is superbly made for it&#039;s small size and has a perfect tight fitting lid. Although the paint on the top is ancient and crackled, one can still read the word &#039;Coclico&#039;.</p><p>There are only two results when searching this word on the web, one is a modern shoe store in NY (don&#039;t think it relates!) and the other is &#039;Adrianus Petit Coclico, a Flemish composer born in 1499 and dying sometime around 1562.&#039; See Wikipedia.</p><p>Past research on the magnifying lens doesn&#039;t bring up anything resembling this item. As for the metal, I believe it was gold plated as it is magnetic where the gold has been rubbed off.</p><p>The cylinder also contains some cotton used to cushion the item of which some looks very old. I suppose it would be helpful to have some carbon dated to give a better indication of its age.</p><p>Could it have been used to assist in reading music when the eyesight of a composer was failing? It works well for that when I tried it on some sheet music.</p><p>I once contacted the Danish museum of Music (with photos), but they didn&#039;t seem interested in the least.</p><p>So, any thoughts on how to move forward on the mystery? Any insights or information would be greatly appreciated. Thanking everyone in advance![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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